Coat



Dec. 18, 1945. M. D.SCHWARTZ ,3 3

.COAT

, Fled Jy 7, 1944 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 18, 1945 4 UNI T ED STATES PATE N T r F FI CE- COAT Meyerb. Schwartz, Sunnyside, N.Y. iifiiictio: 'Jul 7, 1944, Serial No. 543,894

1 Claim.

V This invention relates to' iniprovemhtS in coatsiand the like.

. Qne bjectofthisnventibn is to prqvidan;

improved, coat or the like haLving concealed means to draw the coat sriugto the -bod-without. employing an Outside Visible be1t. or the like.

With the above and otherobiects in view, as will appearto those skilled in the art frdm the present disclosure, th is invention iric-1udesallfeatures in the said discloSure which are novel over theprior art.

In the desoriptionand claind, the various;parts and Steps are identified by specifi terrns for convenience, but they .izr intended to' be as g enric in their application as the prior art Will permit,

In the -accompanying drwings for'ming part of the presetfiisciosnre, in: Which c'ertainwys of arrying out the invention. are shown for illustrativ'e purposes: 7

.Fig. 1 is afront e1evationof the insid of a coat made in accordapncewith the present invention, with the coat in Opened-but position;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of fragmenta] portion thereof with a, portion of the liningremoved to more fully show the bandcoflstruction; 7

Fig. 3 an enlarged elevational view similar to Fig. 1 ofa fragmental portion of the .Iinihg thereof;-

FigL4 is an.enlarged crbss-sctionalviexv on une 4 4 ofFi; 1;

Fig. 5 is-an enlargedjf r ont'eleVation ofthe band-mernbef shovn in Fgs. 1, 2 and 4; and

Fig. 6 is a .fragmenta1 vit'v similar to Fig. 5

a main flexible fabric-fhn1ber Il which has a flexible fabrc lining-member l2 extending over the major portion of the inside of the main fabric-member Il and has its opposite side-edges I3 and M secured to the main fabric-member Il. Ordinarily, such a lining-member l2 will also be secured along its top edge 15 and its bottom edge l6. Armhoies i1 of usual form lead to sleeves (net shown) on the outside of the coat. Either of the sets of buttonholes l8 along the opposite side edges I9 and 20 of the coat is adapted to be engaged with a corresponding set of buttons (not shown) on the outside of the oat to provide usual fastening-means for join- 1ng the opposite side-edges of the coat together when the coat is closed about aperson wearing the coat .lshbgh, Of 'COuS," any other" Suitble' fasteriiiig-meahs'could be11sed. V Y A band or band-menibef 21 is proVided breferabl of stretchable' construction and prfrably haS a substantiel Iength "22' of its interme'diate portion attahed along "its upper-edge. portion toth main fabric-iherhber Il for example, by.sewing as indicated bythe stitchefs 23, or otherwise. The portion 'of atta hmeht '22 preferabl extends for at least the major lngth' along the small of the backfl0fthe persoh ho is' to War the coat. -Th'e bahd-m'ember 2 lf can be made stretchabl by .making it of"-knitted material, for example,, the inhrent V strth; of the knittd material ,providing the,elastiit or stretch qua;lit suitable for the present use. H

The opposite free-end portions 24. and" 25' of the band 2l each'respectivel .has a DOIO1I}; the form of a pair of tongues 26 and 21. Ea;n' pair of torfgueSyextends th1oughja pair of openingS of slots 28 in th,linirfig+meniberI 2 f The extreme ends of the tongues 2 6 arebonntcted together b-y means of a tape-member 2. 9 folded over ,their ends. and secured theret0 byfsewing or otherwise. The under face ofthe tape-member.29has seci1redtheto a pairof'f'emalesnwfastener eleinnts 311 adapted to be"detachably engaged With a corresponding pair of maie sn'ap fastener elements 3l"which are seuidto thy 1ihing-member l2 or other suitable portion of the coat. A ta; emember 32"insimiiar fashion secures together the tongues2l of the other end 250f the band-member 2! and," on its under face, haSsecuredthereto a pair of fema le sna'pfaS- tener elements 33 adapted to be detachably engaged with a corresponding pair of m le snaj,p-' fastener elements 34 secred to the lininmember I2. When the band-member is r1ot'nejed, its endS will ordinarily bfastened downtothe lining by'thesna'p" fasteners just described;

When the coat has been p1aced upon and closed about a person, the coat can be worn open without buttoning it up or, if the weather is such that it is desirable to button it up, that can be done, and if the weather is not severe enough to make a person feel'the need of providing special protection against the wind, nothing needs to be clone with the band-member 2l. But if it is cold or windy so that a person wearing the coat desires to get the full protection that can be provided by the coat, thon,

after closing the coat about him but before buttoning it up, he pulls the tape-end portions 29 and 32 free from their attached positions against the lining and brings the tape-ends 29 and 32 to c1osed, stretched position about his body and engages the female snap-fastener elements an on the tape-member 29 with the male snapfastener elements 35 upon the tape-member 32. This closing and connecting of the ends of the band-member 2| together, causes the bandmember t stretch and draw the intermediate portion 22 of the band and the portion of the coat to which it is attached, close against the small of the back of the person wearing the coat, thus protecting against wind and drafts working up under the back of the coat. The free, unattached end-portions 24 and 25 of the bandmember 2l provide ample lengths of material that are free to stretch during the operation of closing and connecting the band-member 2| about the body.

When it is no longer desired to retain the band-member 2l in closed position about the body, the snap-fastener elements 30 and 35 can be disconnected from each other, and even if the snap-fastener e1emnts on the tape-ends 29 and 32 were not to be connected to the snap-iastener elements on the lining-member l2 as previously described, the tape-ends 29 and 32 cannot pass through the pairs of openings 28 in the liningmember l2 because the area 36 (Fig. 3) which separates the tWo openings 28 of each pair of openings Wil1 engage the tape 29 (or 32) and prevent the end tram being drawn all the way back through the Iining l2.

In Fig. 6 is shown the left end portion of a modified form of band-member 31 having a conter portion 38 which may or may not .be of stretchable material, and to each end of which is connected a pair of tongueor strap-members 39 by sewing or otherwise, each of which strapmembers 39 can be made of what is known as suspender elastic or any other stretchable elastic containing elastic rubber strands, or the strap-members 39 can be made of any other suitab1e stretchable materia1. Oniy the strap-members 39 at the left end are shown in the drawings, the strap-members at the other end (not shown) being essentialiy the same. The extreme ends of the left-hand pair of strap-members 39 shown, are connected together by a tape-member 32 having snap-iastener elements 33 and 35 secured thereto, as heretofore shown and described concerning the left-hand end 25 of the baud-member 2l. The right-hand end (not shown) of the baud-member 31 will, of course, have a tape-end and Snap-fastener elements similar to the tapemember 29 and the snap-fastener elements 30 secured thereto, as heretofore shown and described concerning the right-hand end 24 of the band-member 21. The band-member 31 can have its upper central edge portion connected to the inside of the main fabric-member Il of the coat in a similar manner to the way described concerning the baud-member 2l.

The term fabric is used to describe the flexible sheet-like main-member and the liningmember of the coat or the 1ike. But it will be understood that it is not intended to give the term fabric a limited meaning restricted only to sheet-like materials made et textile materials such as c1oth, but that any other flexible material suitable for forming coats such, for example, as leather, is intended to be comprehended by the term fabric, the term fabric being used bec-ause it is a simple term.

It'wi11 be appreciated that whiIe applicants preferred construction illustrated in the drawings employs a band having a pair of tongues at each end, other ways could be readily employed in which aven only a single band-member without any pair of tongues could be employed. It will also be appreciated that it is not necessary for operation of the invention to provide any lining in the coat. If no lining were to be present in the co-at, thon if one wished to avoid having the opposite ends of the bandmember bang dpwn somewhat, this could be readily prevented by sewing tape guide-loops to the inside of the main fabric-member of the coat to provide openings in positions somewhat similar to those occupied by the slots 28 in the lining.

Where the band-member is made of knitted material, the pairs of tongues can be made of knitting, or each end can be knitted as one piece and then 5111: and salvaged.

The invention may be carried out in other specific ways than those herein set forth without departing from the spirit and essential chameteristics of the invention, and the present embodiments are, thereiore,to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and all changes coming within the meaning and equivalency range of the appended claim are intended to be embraced therein.

I daim:

A coatlike outer garment including: a main outer flexible fabric-member adapted to be closed about a person; an inner flexible fabric liningmember inside of and having its opposite side edges secured to said main outer fabric-member and providing at least one opening adjacent each of its said side edges; and a band-member between said main outer fabric-member and said inner Iining-member and extending along'and secured to the small-of-the-back region of said outer fabric-member and extending longitudinally in the direction of closure of said main fabric-member; the ends of said bandmembr extending out through said openings and being adapted to be detachably connected together. NYER D. SCHWARTZ. 

